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dnabns lateralibus lanceolatis, acutis, lauticis, ad ca- 

 xinam lanugiaosis, tres lineas plerumqtie longis parum supe- 

 rata, persistens, horizontaUs, gloraerulorum interiores 

 lineares, aciitinscnlae , perjgonio triente breviores, dorso la- 

 natae, Perigonium usque ad basira quinquepartitnm, fo- 

 ]iolis semiscariosis , aeqiiilongU, Hneari-subulatis, mulicis, 

 Btramiueis, nitidis carina viridij angastissima, albo-triner- ' 

 via percnrsis, 3 — 4 lineas longis, usque ad medium lana 

 concolore subcrispata, laeTisaima t. pammper hispidula co- 

 baerentibns. Corolla nulla. Stamina quinque, calycis 

 foliolis opposilsSM": 'u cupulam hypogynam, semilineam Ion- 

 gam, basi coafua; filameuta subulato-setacea, perigonio 

 friente breviora; antherae oblongae, biloculares, versati- 

 les. Stamiuodia quinque^ filamoutis interjecta cupulam 

 lougitudine vix aequantia, squamulaeformia, linearia, obin- 

 siuscula, margiue apiceqne integerrima, nuda. Germen ob- 

 ovatnm , obliquunx latere courexo ( altero rectitisculo ) in ^b- 

 ber deutiforme miuimnm, lannglne denaa, crispata obvalla- 

 (um protlucfnm, stylo capillar!, adscendcnfe, perigouii lon- 

 gitndine, pone gibber inserto, basique dilatala nuda, latere 

 conrexo decnrreuto lerminatDm, nniloculare, nnioriilatoi^* 

 Stigma capitalum, Utrlcnlus membranaceus, iudeMscens, 

 circa medium praosertim laimgiue deusissima, rarie compli- 

 cata, lacvissima et hirtcila cinctus. Semen, immaturum 

 risnm, oblongum^ extremitate radicniari supera. 



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S u b g e n, b. KlaCluiOa. U t r i c u 1 u s ovoideus, sty** 

 central!, pcrsistente recto aequilongo v, subbreviore tcrmina- 

 tiis, — JFiorcs hinati aut ternati v. solitarii, spiM^- 

 centea aut inermeSf capitafo- v, cylindraoeo ' spicatu 



2. Sericocowa (Guchnoa) pungens. 



Can lis sqnarroso - ramoaas , iucano - subtomentosus, ri- 

 gidus. Folia alterna, sparsa, subsesstlia, oblonga ac Ian- 



